One Fine Weekend in Cabo
Forget the booze and beach parties. Spring break on the Baja Peninsula promises an authentic experience of Mexico that includes artisan works, outdoor attractions, and hidden villages.
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Forget the booze and beach parties. Spring break on the Baja Peninsula promises an authentic experience of Mexico that includes artisan works, outdoor attractions, and hidden villages.
Welk Resorts CEO, programs earn awards Welk Resorts CEO Jon Fredricks was recently honored with the 2021 American Resort Development Association’s Circle of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award. During the same ceremony, Welk Resorts was also recognized for its customer service and activities programs for excellence. Also recognized with an ARDA Award was the Welk CARES Program, which received an ACE Excellence in Customer Service award. The program was rolled out in quick response to the COVID-19 pandemic, created to guide proactive customer communications. Visit https://www.welkresorts.c...
Welk Resorts Embraces Creative, Socially Distanced Activities to Help Staycationers and Road Trippers Find Adventure Share Article Underwater Virtual Reality Experience in San Diego, California “Welk Resorts has always strived to help guests connect through inspiring, innovative and fun activities” says Patrick Dolan, chief fun officer for all seven Welk Resorts. “Rather than turning off the fun this summer, we adapted, stepped it up and created new experiences." SAN MARCOS, Calif. (PRWEB) February 10, 2021 Although travel...
Print After more than a half-century of family ownership, the Welk Resorts portfolio, including the original Escondido location, is being sold to Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation for $430 million. Once the still pending sale is finalized — by early in the second quarter — Marriott says it plans to rebrand the Welk vacation resorts in California, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico and Cabo San Lucas as Hyatt Residence Club properties. The purchase price includes roughly 1.4 million Marriott Vacations common shares. The acquisition represents a major milestone for a company started 57 y...
Reply Marriott intends to rebrand the Welk resorts in California, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, as Hyatt Residence Club properties. (Shutterstock / sockagphoto) SAN MARCOS, CA — Locally owned Welk Hospitality Group has entered into an agreement to sell the Welk portfolio of vacation resorts, programs and property management contracts to Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. for about $430 million, it was announced Tuesday. "It is bittersweet after 57 wonderful years of memories and accomplishments to be welcoming a new owner for Welk Resorts," said Jon Fredricks, W...